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Table 1 List showing location, glass type and refractive index of the tephra layers

From: Basin-wide erosion and segmentation of the Plio-Pleistocene forearc basin in central Japan revealed by tephro- and biostratigraphy

Tephra name

Locality

Latitude, longitude

Shape of glass shards*

Dominated heavy mineral

Refractive index of volcanic glass (n)

Ahn

(AhG)

Juniso, Kamakura City

35°20′01.2"N 139°34′49.0"E

bw, str

bi > opx

1.498–1.500

Onr

Onaura, Katsuura City

35°08′27.4"N 140°17′24.5"E

bw, str

bi > opx, ho

1.497–1.499

IkT19 (Ikg1)

Ikego, Zushi City

35°18′37.4"N 139°36′30.3"E

bw > str, sb, fib, spg

-

1.500–1.506

An158.5

Nagasaki, Futtsu City

35°13′20.9"N 139°54′34.5"E

bw > str, sb, fib, spg

-

1.500–1.507

IkT16

Ikego, Zushi City

35°18′34.8″ N 139°36′35.6″ E

sb, spg, str > bw

-

1.507–1.511

An157.5

Nagasaki, Futtsu City

35°13′19.6"N 139°54′39.0"E

sb, spg, fib, str > bw

-

1.508–1.510, 1.513

Ng

Hisagi, Zushi City

35°18′27.2"N 139°34′07.0"E

bw, str, sb, spg, fib

opx > ho >  > cpx, bi

1.498, 1.502–1.505

Ky25

Okugome, Kimitsu City

35°10′41.9"N 140°02′09.3"E

bw, str, sb, spg, fib

opx > ho, cpx >  > bi

1.503–1.505

  1. *Shapes of glass shards were classified on the basis of bubble shape and bubble size following Kishi and Miyawaki (1996): bw Bubble-wall type, fib Fiber type, sb Small-bubble type, spg Sponge type, str Stripe type. ho Hornblende, opx Orthopyroxene, cpx Clinopyroxene, bi Biotite